The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 303: Fighting on Three Fronts
February 23rd, the fifth day of the first lunar month.

Magic City, Jian Xi’s hometown.

"Old Jane, what are you doing out in the morning?"

New year, new start. Jane's mother, who was watering the flowers and plants she had just bought on the balcony, couldn't help but ask when she saw her husband take off the pajamas he had worn at home during the New Year and put on a suit.

"My business friends are throwing a party, and I'm going to have dinner with them." Father Jian said as he stood in front of the mirror in the living room, fixing his still thick hair.

Mother Jian frowned slightly and said in a bad tone: "I drank the first half with my relatives during the New Year, and now I have to drink the second half?"

"Hey, don't worry. We've already agreed that we won't drink too much. We're just here to chat and stuff. Besides, it's New Year's Day, who wants to get drunk?"

Father Jian explained with a smile. After he was almost done, he went back to his room and took out some liver-protecting medicine and put it in his pocket. Although he said not to drink too much, he had been immersed in the business world for so many years, how could he not know how much water there was in this statement?
It’s better to be prepared before going.

Mother Jane watched him busying around. She hesitated for a moment before continuing to speak. But when he started to change his shoes, she remembered something and asked:
"By the way, what are your plans regarding our son's two girlfriends?"

"What can I plan? They are just kids in love."

"A kid in love? The girl is already asking for status!" Jane's mother said unhappily.

"Come to ask for status?" Father Jian was stunned, and subconsciously said, "Jian Xi got me pregnant?"

"..."

Jane's mother suddenly had the urge to pour the water from the shower on the other person's head.

Father Jian realized that he was overthinking after seeing this. He coughed and said, "You said you wanted to come to my house. Which girl wants to come to my house?"

"I want both!" Jane's mother's words were full of resentment, "Look at the good son you taught, why doesn't he learn from others and try to have two relationships at the same time."

"What does this have to do with me? I'm not two-timing." Old Man Jian, who suffered an unexpected disaster, complained for himself.

But Jane's mother still insisted: "When he was in middle school, he started to fall in love early. I said I would control him. Did you say I didn't need to control him?"

"What does his early love affair have to do with him having two girlfriends now? Besides, didn't you like Xiaolin later on? You also said that our son is easy to worry about and we don't need to worry about his lifelong affairs anymore."

Ever since they found out about Haoda'er's misfortune on the second day of the Chinese New Year, the couple had been arguing about the matter constantly. Most of the time it was just Mother Jian who spoke and Father Jian followed suit. But now that the criticism was directed at him, Father Jian decisively fought back.

So Mother Jian was a little upset and said angrily, "So you mean I am also responsible for this?"

"No, that's not what I meant..."

Father Jian tried to comfort him, then he sighed and said, "It's meaningless for you to think about these things now. Will my son listen to you or me? He has graduated now and started his own business. He knows this kind of thing well."

Hearing his words, Mother Jian thought for a moment and sighed, "I just can't understand why Jian Xi used to be so sensible, but now he's actually two-timing."

After a pause, she looked at Father Jian again: "If he had become like this after a few years in society, I could understand it, but he changed before he even graduated."

"..."

Father Jian was a little speechless, looking at himself and saying what, did you mean you brought it yourself? I didn't find two.

The couple was also very helpless. When other parents started to worry about whether their children could find a wife, their family was worried about which one to marry.

"Okay, don't think about it. Jian Xi caused the problem himself, let him deal with it himself. I'm going out first."

Father Jian shook his head, opened the door and prepared to leave.

At this time, Mother Jian thought for a while and suddenly asked, "By the way, Old Jian, which of the two girls, Lin Quan and Lin Xiao, do you think is better as our daughter-in-law?"

"It's not that I don't want to..." Father Jian stopped talking in time. Facing his wife's gloomy face, he thought for a moment and said, "Lin Xiao, after all, she and Jian Xi have been together since middle school. After so many years of relationship, she knows us well except that she didn't come to our house."

At this point, Father Jian paused for a moment, then seemed to have confirmed his choice, and said seriously: "I am optimistic that Lin Xiao and Jian Xi will be together."

Hearing this, Mother Jian only frowned slightly, but soon relaxed and nodded, "I think so too."

……

Jian Xi, who was on a business trip far away, had no idea that his parents were having a headache again today because of his scumbag behavior. Perhaps he could guess it, but he didn't care.

After all, my mother called several times in the past few days to ask him what his plans were.

But how could he answer?

I have found you two daughters-in-law. Isn't that enough? If not, I can find more for you!

Mother Jane was angry and helpless, so she had to give up trying to influence this filial son.

Chengdu, noon.

"Nanxiang, have you booked a hotel yet?"

After the plane landed, Jian Xi asked the secretary who was following him.

Secretary Nan Xiang nodded, dragging two small suitcases that weren't actually that heavy: "It's booked."

"Okay, take a rest today and do this trip tomorrow."

There were many places to go in the next few days, so the schedule was a bit rushed. The last time they went, they went to Beijing. Since that was the first stop, it was also the first time that Nan Xiang followed him out, so Jian Xi was responsible for all the arrangements for food and accommodation.

But after all, he is the boss and Nan Xiang is the secretary. It is impossible for him to worry about these things all the time and let Nan Xiang come along on the trip.

So the day before leaving the capital, he handed over the following matters to Nan Xiang.

In fact, Jian Xi has not arranged a secretary position in the company at present. After all, it is just a startup company. No matter how rich Jian Xi is, he will not spend money on such a non-essential position at the beginning.

Administration and front desk clerk, administration and receptionist, administration and secretary, administration and handyman... In short, non-professional administrative positions can concurrently serve as all other equally non-professional positions.

Well... Boss Jian is not a black-hearted boss, nor can he be called a Zhou Baopi. Compared with some other companies and the Internet media companies of later generations, he is already willing to spend a lot of money.

For example, how many people are needed to start up a short video media company in the future?

Three people are enough.

One of them is the boss, and the other two are responsible for directing, shooting, and editing, while the other is responsible for operations, delivery, and data analysis.

What’s even more extreme is that these two employees were freshly graduated college students… How is it possible to recruit employees who can handle multiple roles?

If you can't write scripts or shoot videos, why do you apply for an editing position? If you can't do it or review it, why do you apply for an operation position? If you can't do it, there are people who can do it. If you don't want to do it, there are people who can do it...

If we add the job of live streaming to sell goods, at most we can hire a dedicated anchor, and the rest of the positions such as streaming, assistants, and central control can also be taken up by editors or operators...

In fact, all these tasks can be done by one person.

However, this kind of people either work alone or are addicted to being slaves... They can't even be considered illegal workers, they are pure slaves.

So compared to other startups, Mr. Jian is very generous. He recruits people for positions such as filming, editing, and production separately. He also assigns assistants to all the talents in the company, just to build the company's business framework and improve the overall quality. As for positions such as secretaries, there is no rush to set them up.

However, Jian Xi had to say that it was quite comfortable to have a good-looking secretary to arrange the itinerary. Unlike the previous times, he ran around alone. Although it was not tiring, it was quite boring.

However, his happy mood disappeared the moment he arrived at the hotel.

Standing at the door of the hotel room, Jian Xi's mouth twitched slightly. After a long silence, he turned around and asked, "I said, even if you can't book an executive suite, you can book two single rooms. What do you mean by booking one room?"

Nan Xiang, who was standing behind him dragging her suitcase, said a little embarrassedly: "Boss, you didn't tell me how many rooms you want me to book?"

"Don't you know how I arranged a room in the capital?"

Nan Xiang thought for a moment and spoke again, "Boss, can't I help you save some money?"

After a pause, she whispered, "And I considered that you might prefer to sleep alone, so I booked a twin room."

"..."

Jian Xi once again realized that people can really laugh when they are speechless. He was amused by the other party's actions.

"Actually, I prefer sleeping with two people." The dog man glanced at her and said, "But it's either with Lin Quan or with Lin Xiao."

"But they are not here now." Nan Xiang suddenly lowered her head shyly, "If you don't mind, you can let me take over their work temporarily."

Although Nan Xiang was only temporarily serving as a secretary, she quickly discovered the hidden tasks of this job and treated it as her main task.

As the object of her task, Jian Xi said speechlessly: "I guess, if I want to add a room now, are you going to say there are no vacancies?"

"How could that be? I don't have that ability. Boss, if you want to change to a luxury suite, there must be one."

Nan Xiang spoke with a wandering look in her eyes. After she finished speaking, she looked at Jian Xi and said aggrievedly, "You asked me to arrange it."

"..."

Boss Jian looked at her for a few seconds, until she lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly, then he smiled and said, "Forget it, let's just have a double room."

After a pause, Jian Xi whispered again before turning around and going in: "A scheming secretary."

Nan Xiang, who had just pretended to be aggrieved, smiled and said behind him: "Everything depends on human effort, everything depends on human effort!"

……

At the same time, Magic City.

The drinking party between Old Man Jian and several business friends was coming to an end. Although drinking was inevitable, they didn't drink too much this time. Except for a few men who really liked it and drank a little more, Old Man Jian just drank a normal amount.

During the Spring Festival, everyone had their own plan in mind, and the main purpose was to keep the atmosphere lively and lively, but when it came to this point, the crowd gradually began to disperse.

But when Old Man Jian was about to leave, a person nearby who he had dealt with before but was not particularly familiar with suddenly called him.

"Brother Jian, how about I make you a bowl of hangover soup?"

"No, this amount is no problem for me." Father Jian refused with a smile.

The man asked again: "Do you have anything else to do later?"

Father Jian was stunned and asked, "What's wrong? Do you mean there is a second half?"

"Haha, not in the second half. I just thought if you're not in a hurry to leave, you can sit for a while!"

Father Jian looked at the drinking party that had almost left and said with a smile, "We are the only two left. Why are you still sitting here?"

"Who said we're the only two left?" The man said with a smile, "The owner of this restaurant is my friend, let's ask him to come over and have a few drinks with us."

"Still drinking?" Father Jian smiled and shook his head, "If you drink any more, you'll really need some hangover soup."

At this moment, the door of the box was pushed open, and the man said, "Oh, the boss is here. You can ask him to prepare some hangover soup for you."

Then he shouted again, "Lao Lin, do you have any hangover soup?"

Father Jian turned around after hearing this, and the restaurant owner who came in smiled and replied, "Yes, it's ready."

After saying this, the restaurant owner turned his gaze to Father Jian, smiled and extended his hand: "Boss Jian, my last name is Lin, hello, hello."

"Hello, hello, don't call me Boss Jian. It's just a small business. Just call me Old Jian." Old Man Jian also stretched out his hand and shook hands with him.

The restaurant owner smiled and said, "Then I'll call you Brother Jian like my friend does, and you can just call me Lao Lin."

At this time, the man next to Father Jian suddenly said with a smile: "Lao Lin, I have done what you told me to do. I have left Brother Jian alone, so I will leave first!"

Father Jian looked puzzled when he heard this. Just when he was about to ask, the restaurant owner in front of him said directly: "Don't worry, brother, I want to see you."

Then he looked at the man next to him and said, "Thank you very much. Your face is red. It won't be too late to have a cup of hangover soup before you leave."

Then he said to Father Jian, "Brother, have a bowl too."

"Me? I don't have to because I'm not drunk."

"It's okay. My niece prepared it specially for you. It tastes pretty good."

"Prepare for me?" Father Jian asked curiously. At this time, the restaurant owner turned around and shouted, "Come in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Father Jian also looked towards the door. The next second, a tall girl with fair skin walked in carrying a tray with two bowls of soup.

The girl had a smile on her face, but her eyes kept looking down at her feet, as if she was a little afraid to look ahead.

The restaurant owner then smiled and said to Father Jian: "Actually, it's not me who really wants to see you, it's my niece."

After she arrived in front of Father Jian, she whispered, "Hello, uncle."

It was not clear whether she was calling the restaurant owner or Old Man Jian. Old Man Jian frowned at the other person. He always felt that he had seen this girl somewhere in the past few days.

"Hello, little girl, have we met somewhere before?"

"Uncle, my name is Lin Quan, and I have sent my photo to Auntie before."

……

Still at the same time, at Jian Xi's house.

When Jane's mother saw that her husband had not returned yet and was thinking of calling to ask, a message popped up on her WeChat account.

Lin Xiao: Auntie, are you at home now?
(End of this chapter)